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Prenatal diagnosis of a partial 6q trisomy: a case report.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Oct 2006
Valerio Domenico, Di Domenico Anna, Felicetti Maria, La Boccetta Alfredo, Ferrara Claudio, Antonio Novelli, Borrelli Antonio L
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OBJECTIVE: To present a case of partial 6q trisomy diagnosed prenatally. METHOD: A 28-year-old woman underwent genetic amniocentesis at 23 weeks of gestation on the detection of an enlarged nuchal fold (8.5 mm), which was the only clinical abnormality on routine ultrasound examination. Fetal karyotyping revealed a partial trisomy 6q (q21-q22) caused by a balanced maternal chromosomal insertion. RESULTS: A female...
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